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Wanted: One elephant mover

Thu., May 23, 2013

Re: Elephants aren’t suffering, Letter May 19

Elephants aren’t suffering, Letter May 19

It is understandable that folks would believe the debate about sending the elephants to the PAWS Sanctuary in California is still open. It has been 572 days (at this writing) since Toronto city council passed a motion to send the elephants to PAWS but they are still in Toronto. It was debated ad naseum. The only ship that hasn’t sailed is the one with the elephants on it.

Letter writer Michael Rahal wants us to buy into an alleged conversation he had with a person whose livelihood depends on the elephants staying at the zoo. Council received input from animal experts from around the globe and made an informed decision.

To date only lip service has been paid to transporting them to California. It isn’t a matter of cost as a benefactor has already offered to pay and gave no limit to what he would cover.

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In 146 days Chris Hadfield was safely transported to the International Space Station and transported safely back to Earth again. I’m thinking whoever is in charge of moving three elephants from Toronto to California should have been able to work something out by now.

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